Rishika Satyarthi

These are the products I used for my YouTube video @Rishikas_Beauty for my GRWM: Mom’s Birthday Dinner! The products include every step in my makeup process. I hope you enjoy these products as much as I do! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Thank you for being here 🫶🏽♥️ #GRWM #MakeupTutorial #SoftGlamLook Apologies for the loud high-powered fans. I cant breathe otherwise 🫠 Follow me on IG with the same handle: ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@Rishikas_Beauty and my beauty brand @EmpowerBeautyByRishika​⁠

As someone living with Sjögren’s syndrome and over a dozen life-threatening chronic illnesses, beauty has never been “just beauty” for me. It has been survival, agency, and joy. Lip products, in particular, are deeply personal. My lips are severely dry year-round, which means most lip liners that work for others simply do not work for me. They crack, skip, cling to texture, or make me feel more aware of my illness instead of less. Every formula in this list has been tested on chronically dry, medically complicated lips and still earned its place. These are liners that glide without dragging, define without punishing, and make me feel put together even on days when my body feels anything but. This is not a hype list. It is a curation of formulas that respect real bodies, real conditions, and real needs because accessible beauty should start with the people most often excluded from it.

If you’re looking for makeup that actually performs without the luxury price tag, e.l.f. is one of the few brands that consistently delivers. I’ve tested countless products across price points, and these are the e.l.f. formulas I genuinely come back to — because they work, feel good on sensitive, dry skin, and hold up in real life. This list is intentionally curated with products that are easy to use, flattering across skin types, and worth your money. Whether you’re building your routine from scratch or just want reliable staples you can trust, these are the e.l.f. products I confidently recommend — and repurchase. Affordable, effective, and accessible beauty starts here. 💄✨

A very different standard than “dry lips” If you have Sjögren’s, you already know: our lips are not just dry. They behave differently. Sjögren’s disrupts the body’s ability to produce oil and moisture, which means the lips lose their natural protective barrier far more easily than in the average person. This leaves the skin thinner, more fragile, and often painfully reactive, with exposed nerve endings, burning, cracking, and constant rebound dryness. So a product that works for “chapped lips” often fails completely for us. This list is not about what feels glossy, trendy, or viral. It is about what actually supports barrier function, minimizes irritation, and protects lips that cannot regulate themselves properly. The products here are chosen based on: • Barrier repair, not just hydration • Long-term comfort, not momentary slip • Low irritation risk • And how formulas behave on lips with compromised oil and moisture production If you have Sjögren’s, lupus-related dryness, medication-induced dryness, or chronic xerostomia, this list is built for you — not for cosmetic dryness, but for medical dryness. This is about protecting skin that does not get the luxury of functioning normally.

Here are my makeup recommendations! Each step broken down. I’ve had time to test and truly fall in love with each of these products I am listing. Check out some of my previous looks: @Rishikas_Beauty on IG and YT

This is my current skincare routine!